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The list below is a dynamically changing list of characteristics of humans. It is used in a systemic analysis using Interpretive Structural Modeling to identify those characteristics that are mosr essential descriptirs of what is human and use them to propose research and policies that aim to safeguard these characteristics. | |||
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# Humans are concerned with the inevitability of isolation | # Humans are concerned with the inevitability of isolation | ||
# Humans are concerned with Thanatophobia (the fear of death) | # Humans are concerned with Thanatophobia (the fear of death) | ||
# Humans die (restricted life span) | # Humans eventually die (restricted life span) | ||
# Humans are uniquely adept at utilizing systems of communication for self-expression the exchange of ideas, and organization | # Humans are uniquely adept at utilizing systems of communication for self-expression the exchange of ideas, and organization | ||
# Humans create complex social structures composed of many cooperating and competing groups, from families and kinship networks, to nations | # Humans create complex social structures composed of many cooperating and competing groups, from families and kinship networks, to nations | ||
